The latest @acscricket.bsky.social journal The Cricket Statistician is on sale at shop.acscricket.com/ Read about how Arthur Conan Doyle kept track of his own averages; Jimmy Anderson's domestic batting partnerships; the earliest recorded cricket competition; and why England has had so many openers.

Eng vs Aus ODI #onthisday 1976 - 1st ever women's match @HomeOfCricket Red roses decorated the Lord's dressing rooms (poetic: if Lancashire hadn't won vs Middlesex at Old Trafford, the ODI would've been held at Sunbury CC) Some MCC members futilely prayed for rain #cricketcounts

The latest edition of ‘The Cricket Statistician’ is now out: Issue No215 dated August 2026, edited on behalf of #ACScricket by Russ Houldin including fine articles by Ollie Randall, Steven Swain, Chris O’Brien, Michael Pulford, Stephen Blades & others. #cricketcounts

Duncan Sharpe, born #onthisday 1937, played just 3 Tests for Pakistan But in his cricket career he shook hands with Dwight Eisenhower, outscored Garry Sobers in a big partnership for South Australia; later had his job as assistant groundsman fixed by Don Bradman #cricketcounts

Tommy Ward, born #onthisday 1887, played 23 Tests for SA as wicketkeeper. On debut bagged a golden pair, hat-trick victim of Jimmy Matthews in each innings. Once scored a Test 64 as opener. Died aged 48 from accidental electrocution while working in a gold mine. #cricketcounts

123 wkts at 26.22 as a naggingly accurate medium pacer 2,516 runs at 34.46, 74 of 78 inn as opening bat 48 catches in his 41 Tests, some breathtaking 13 Tests as captain of SA The most underrated of great all-rounders Later found God Trevor Goddard born #onthisday 1931.

100 Tests, 6744 runs @ 44.66, 16 tons, 105 catches. 2380 ODI runs - most by an Eng batsman without a 100 But among all these stick out a dark 55 - the age when he ended his life. A tragic reminder of the importance of mental health issues Graham Thorpe was born #onthisday 1969 #cricketcounts

Happy Birthday #44 #jimmyanderson Every birthday is a literally a statistical milestone and a delight for us. Only a handful have played first-class cricket at this age and very few of them as quick bowlers. #cricketcounts #anderson44

1592 runs @ 46.82 in 22 Tests. He was also the man who left the non-striker's crease before the ball was bowled, and Vinoo Mankad ran him out - the first occurrence of such a dismissal in Test cricket. Australian opening batter Bill Brown was born #onthisday 1912 #cricketcounts

Clarrie Grimmett once heard that opposing batsmen had learned to pick his flipper by the clicking noise his fingers made when he released it. He promptly started to bemuse them with leg breaks when they were expecting flippers - by clicking the fingers of his *other* hand as he released the ball.

Jarrod Kimber@jarrodkimber.bsky.social · last wk.

🎬 Clicky Ponting is making waves

WI v Pak is only the sixth time in Test history that all 40 wickets in a match have fallen to fast bowlers - and it comes hot on the tail of the fifth, Eng v NZ at Lord's last month. The others are: Eng vs WI, 1984 Pak v Zim, 1993 Eng v SA, 1998 SA v Ind, 2018

The highest score by any number 11 in the fourth innings is 53* (off just 29 balls) by Shane Shillingford, WI vs NZ, Kingston 2014. NZ still won that one comfortably.

Mohammad Abbas has the highest score by a Pakistan number 11 in the fourth innings of a Test - previously 20* by Mushtaq Ahmed vs Australia, Karachi 1994. On that occasion it helped to squeeze out a famous one wicket win; the odds are against this one ending the same way...

On top of the five consecutive wicket maidens, Greaves has another unique distinction: among the aforementioned ten instances of a bowler taking five wickets in a sequence without conceding a run, he is the only one for whom they were his only wickets in the innings.

On top of the five consecutive wicket maidens, Greaves has another unique distinction: among the aforementioned ten instances of a bowler taking five wickets in a sequence without conceding a run, he is the only one for whom they were his only wickets in the innings.

Justin Greaves is the tenth bowler to take five or more wickets - Jermaine Lawson took six - without conceding a run (in any sequence, not necessarily a complete spell), but the first to do it by means of five consecutive wicket maidens. There are some near misses:

Only 2 bowlers apart from Jim Laker have taken 10 wickets in a Test match innings. They are India’s Anil Kumble with 10/74 v Pakistan in 1999 & Ajaz Patel of New Zealand who took 10/119 v India in 2021. There have been 17 instances of a bowler taking 9 wickets in a Test innings. #cricketcounts

Jim Laker’s 19/90 superseded Sydney Barnes’ record for the most wickets in a Test match. In Dec 2013, Barnes took 17/159 for England v South Africa in Johannesburg. Laker & Barnes both played for Saltaire CC in the Bradford League (they did not overlap). #cricketcounts

On 26th July 1956, 70 years ago, the Old Trafford Test match between England & Australia began. This match became known as ‘Laker’s match’ as Surrey off-spinner Jim Laker took 9/37 & 10/53 (19/90 in the match still a world record). Australia lost by an innings & 170. #cricketcounts

A sad day for cricket with the loss of a genuine great. Garry Sobers toasts the crowd after West Indies' crushing innings and 226 runs win at Lord's on August 27th 1973. Sobers signed off his last Test in England with 150* and six catches (Patrick Eagar)

Garry Sobers had a 20 year Test career: he held the highest score in Test cricket record (365*) for many years; he was the 1st batter to ever hit 6 sixes in an over; he bowled pace & spin (orthodox & wrist spin); a brilliant fielder; he was 1 of 5 Wisden Cricketers of Century. #cricketcounts

RIP Garry Sobers, giant of cricket. He played 93 Test matches for West Indies scoring 8,032 runs at 57.78 with 26 tons. He also took 235 wickets at 34.03 & snaffled 109 catches. In all 1st class cricket he scored 28,314 runs at 54.87 & took 1,043 wickets at 27.74. #cricketcounts

Congratulations to Tammy Beaumont on a successful international career. She played 11 Tests for England scoring 612 runs at 34.00; in 140 ODI’s she scored 4,738 runs at 40.49; in 109 T20I’s she scored 1,975 runs at 24.08. She played a total of 262 internationals. #cricketcounts

#ACS ‘s website is now expanded to provide access to an archive of Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates relating to those associated with cricket. This is not yet a complete collection. Click on archive.acscricket.com/bmd/index.html & if you have others to share email bmd@acscricket.com

The largest victory by a runs margin in a women's Test was set by India against England - 347 at Mumbai in 2023. They've avoided that, but are well set for England's biggest defeat at home (currently 161 vs Aus 2015).

India's Yastika Bhatia and her fans celebrate as she becomes the first woman to score a Test hundred at Lord's, taking only 145 balls. She had 113 from 158 balls, with 14 fours, when she was out at 287-6, with India leading England by 411. #ENGvIND #LordsTest

Well done Sophie Ecclestone on becoming the leading wicket taker in England women’s international cricket. She has 338 wickets going ahead of Katherine Sciver-Brunt (335 victims) today at Lord’s. Ecclestone is 3rd worldwide behind Deepti Sharma (356) & Jhulan Goswami (355). #cricketcounts

India's 285 is the highest total in a women's Test at Lord's. It's also the lowest.

Women's Test players with the most forenames: 5 - JLMLM Elledge 4 - EMTP Ekanayake, IMHC Joyce, KADC Lakmalee, SARC Silva, IECM Wong Sadly for this record, EJCLRC Rainford-Brent only played in the shorter formats.

However, WI have now recorded the highest chase losing only one wicket - beating 243/1 by England vs NZ 2008.

Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians@acscricket.bsky.social · 4w ago

Hayley Matthews and Realeanna Grimmond have the highest opening partnership in the second innings of a women's ODI, and the joint 4th highest overall. Grimmond's dismissal just short of the target means the highest chase without losing a wicket remains 221/0, Aus vs Ire 2023.